Thursday, September 26, 2013

long Island Pumpkin



Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
This heirloom is widely remembered as a great Pie squash by people in the New York & New Jersey area. It was prominently used through out the 1800s. Its coloring and flattened shape suggests a wheel of cheese - thus the name. It has a deep orange moderately sweet flesh and a long storage life up to a year out of direct sun.